Can Group Discussions and Individualized Assignments Help More Students Succeed in Developmental Mathematics?

Autor/in	Jaafar, Reem
Titel	Can Group Discussions and Individualized Assignments Help More Students Succeed in Developmental Mathematics?
Quelle	In: Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 12 (2015) 3, S.209-222 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1544-0389
Schlagwörter	Group Discussion; Teaching Methods; Remedial Mathematics; Developmental Studies Programs; Word Problems (Mathematics); Mathematics Skills; Two Year College Students; College Mathematics; Cooperative Learning; Student Surveys; Likert Scales; Scores; Homework; Assignments; Educational Technology; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppendiskussion; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Textaufgabe; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Kooperatives Lernen; Schülerbefragung; Likert-Skala; Hausaufgabe; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	Students taking developmental mathematics courses resist attempting word problems when they are presented to them. Although word problems can help students contextualize learning, develop better understanding of the concepts and apply world knowledge, they constitute an impediment to students' progress in developmental mathematics courses. A two-semester study on the first developmental mathematics course at LaGuardia Community College shows that students perform better at word problems when they have been discussed in groups with their peers prior to the homework. Moreover, when assigned word problems without a class discussion, students perform better when these problems are individualized based on their areas of interest. [Issue number (n4) displayed on the PDF is incorrect.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01